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of the Banner of the Cross. The soji was intended for a mercantile life and was educated to that end at the Episcopal academy, Pliiladelphia. He de- termined, however, to enter the church, and was graduated at the General theological seminary in 1861. He was ordained a deacon in 1860, and admitted to the priest- hood May 15, 1861. In 1861 lie was married to Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Alexis Irenee du Pont of Wil- mington, Del. His ministry was passed at St. Luke's, Bustle- ton, 1861-63; St. John's, Wilmington, Del., 1863-66; St. Mark's.Mauch Chunk, Pa.,1866-T4; and Trin- ity church, Toledo, Ohio, 18T4-T9. From home in Ensrland on

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1879 to 1887 he made his account of his wife's health, and while there was actively occupied with chuj'ch work, being an organizing diocesan secretary of the Church of England temperance society during his sev- eral years' residence at Oxford. In 1875 he declined the bishopric of Fond-du-Lac. He was consecrated bishop of Delaware, Oct. 18, 1888. Trinity college conferred upon him the degree of A.M. in 1865, Racine that of S.T.D. in 1875, and Hobart that of LL.D. in 1888. He published A History of The Church in America; The History of Lehigh Valley, and various sermons, addresses and pastorals.

COLEMAN, Lyman, educator, was born at Middlefield, Mass., June 14, 1796; son of Dr. William and Achsah (Ljauan) Coleman; grand- son of Dr. Seth and Sarah (Beecher) Coleman, and a descendant in the 7th generation from Thomas Coleman, who emigrated from England to New England about 1634-35 and was among the early settlers of Wethersfield, Conn. He was graduated at Yale in 1817; was principal of the Latin grammar school at Hartford, Conn., 1817-20, and was tutor and student of theology at Yale, 1820-25. He was married Sept. 21, 1826, to Maria Flynt of Munson, Mass. He was or- dained to the Congregational ministry, Oct. 19, 1825, and preached at Belchertown, Mass., 1825- 32. He was principal of Burr seminary, Man- chester, Vt., 1832-37, and of the English department, Phillips academy. Andover, 1837^2. After study in Germany, 1842^H, he was profes- sor of Greek at Amherst college, 1844-45, and of German, 1845-46; professor of German at the College of New Jersey, 1847—49; principal of the Presbyterian academy, Philadelphia, Pa.,

1849-58; and engaged in literary lalx)rs, 1858-61. He visited Egypt, the desert, and Palestine, in 1856, with six young men, and prepared a map of Palestine. In 1861 he accepted the chair of Latin and Greek at Lafayette college, and in 1868 was transferred to that of Latin language and litera- ture. He visited California and the Yosemite in 1872 and ascended Gray's ijeak when in his seventy-sixth year. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Middlebury college in 1833. and that of LL.D. from the College of New Jer- sey in 1847. He published Antiquities of the Chris- tian Church (1841); The Apostolical and Primitive Church (1844); Historical Geography of the Bible (1850); Ancient Christianity Exemplified (1852); Historical Text-hook and Atlas of Biblical Geography (1854); Prelacy and Bitualism (1869); and Lyman Genealogy. He died in Easton, Pa., March 16, 1882. COLEMAN, William Tell, merchant, was born in Cynthiana, Ky., Feb. 29, 1824. He spent his early youth as a lumberman in St. Louis, Mo. , and attended the St. Louis university, where he was gi'aduated, passing through the entire course in two years of study. He then devoted himself to the study of law, but gave it up because of ill health, and engaged in lum- bering in Wisconsin. With a party of gold-seekers he made the journey overland to California in 1849, but left his companions to dig for gold, while he opened stores at various points to fur- nish the incoming mining population with supplies. He was a member of the famous execu- tive committee of vigilance in Febniary, 1851, when Mr. Jansen was assaulted, and upon its revival in 1856, when Editor King was murdered, Mr. Coleman was its president, directed its trials, superintended the execution of the murderers, and so kept the committee in check as to avoid interference by the United States authorities. In 1857 he removed to New York city, conducting the New York branch of William T. Coleman & Co. of San Francisco, Cal. He was an active Union man, contributed liberally toward the prosecution of the war and personally assisted in suppressing the draft riots in New York city. After the war closed he offered his sympathy and material aid to the stricken people of the south. Returning to California in 1864 he continued the management of his business, which was extending to a large trade with China and Japan. In 1866 he was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. sena- tor. In 1877-78 he organized the committee of safety to assist the police in quelling the labor riots. His firm failed in 1888 for $2,000,000, but after a compromise had been effected with the creditors he continued the business, and by 1892 he had liquidated the entire indebtedness with interest. Besides this, lie succeeded in accumulating about 8600, UUU. A clause in his will